The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-09-29
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Persons and Thiaas all over The old
Sorth state.


The Supreme Court met a. Ealeigh
Monday.
Rhe Methodists viii build 81 600
church at Mt. Tirzah, Person county.
Tbe Journal says the new iotel at
Tayiorsviile is to be called the June
bug
Prot. P. P. ClaxtoD has beer elect
ed Superintendent Of Asboyille Grad
ed School.
President Cleveland in his trip
South and West Will not pass through
any part Of this State.
Corn is 50 plentiful in Orange coun-
ty that 1t Is expected 1t will sell as
low as }l.50 per barrel
Oak Ridge Institute mas over
hundred students, and continues TO
have accessions.
AsAeviiie is talking about voting
s450,O00 for four new railroads.
Phew ! Nothing small about that.
A military company has been or
gauized at New Berne. DIR. George
Glover was elected Captain.
Senator Vance has been invited to
deliver the opening address At the
Cumberland county fair.
1t is claimed that IN Wake county
there are alone no less than 400
members Of the Farmers Alliance.
The Shotwell monument fund now
amounts to $577. The committee
wants $1,000 before going to work.
Gov. Scales has appointed Or Her
bert Haywood. of Raleigh, Surgeon
General oice DIR. Eugene Grissom, re-
signed
The Wilmington Nesseager pro-
poses to issue thirty-twc page trade
issue Of that paper, of 10000 copies,
aboat The 10Th OF October.
At Grapite station, on the Raleigh
and Castor railroad, in Vance county
there is Il force of about fifty hands
employed in taking out and working
granite.
Durham still forges ahead not con-
tent with voting s250,00O for rail
roads, ii has just organized new
national Bank with q capital stock of
100000.
1t Is sad that the royalty to the
owners of the cigarette machine in
Dukes factory At Darham Last July
was $4,000 tor that month. raat is
life and progress.
Mr.. x. NJ. Iugham, general sscreta
ry Of the Young Mems Christian As
socistion II Charlotte, has received u
call to the same position in Los
Angeles, Gal, and has accepted
Over six hundred deposits with
actual depositors reaching nearly
s20,000 indicate that the Raleigh
Savings Bank Is something Of a sue
cess. It IS now IN it fourth month.
The Morganton Star says thsf Mr.
John II. Ferree, OF kandleman, Ran
,iolph county, has presented to the
members Of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, of Murgauton,
check for 800 to he applied to fitting
up their room.
Il cargo Of l 800 tons Of steel rails
has arrived in Wilmington for the
&. +. Il !. Y. railroad The duty
alone demanded Of the company its
check far S25, 900 The rails will be
shipped Al once to tho western eul
to complete the road t. Mt. Airy.
Within the last two weeks there
have been hipped from Hickory to
Chicago and other POINTS, $4,000
worth of dried blackberries 1t is es-
tiinated that there will be over 5100,-
900 wor.h If dried fruits marketed at
Hickory during the next 5hrea
months.
North Carolina ought to be well
represented at Atlanta The rate is
only one cent per ta;le for round-trip
tickets Tickets on sale October 9Th
to 10Th inclusive; good returning un-
til October Doth The rate from
Raj eigh will be $3.50, DGrham 1880,
Greensboro 1910
The Governor has pardoned Calvin
| Thompson, who was tried and con
victad of larceny at the spring term
Of Johnston county Superior Court,
| 1886, and sentenced to the peniten-
| tiary for three years. Tue pardon
was granted ON The recommendation
| Of the Judges and several prominent
citizens. 1t appears from facts devel-
| op9d since The trial that there is doubt
as to the guilt Of the prisoner.
Ia the case that has ueen pending
in Gulfard county arising from the
refusal of the clerk to swear in as
magistrates the men appointed by
| the Governor of the State to fill
vacancies caused by the failure of
those elected by the General A isem-
bly, to qualify, Judge Shepherd has
| filed his judgement commanding the
clerk to administer the oath to the
appointees and from this judgement
the clerk has appealed.
At Newton, last Saturday, as Capt.
John Beall, conductor on the local
! frei ght train OF the Western North
Carolina Railroad was coupling the
engine to a car in front Of it, the
COW catcher caught his foot on a
cross tie and threw him, fortunately
parallel with the rails. His shoe
was entirely torn off aud his leg be-
low the knee was badly bruised and
skinned. He screamed and the en-
giueer, who was moving very slowly,
shut off steam, reversed the engine
and saved his lite.